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C. T. RASCHICK.

TICKET HOLDER AND CUTTER.

APPLlcATmN FILEDJUNE21,1919.

LMQQS., Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

STATES;

TICKET HOLDER AND CUTTER.

Application filed .Tune 21,

To all flu/72cm it lmay concern Be it known that l, CHARLES T. R-Asonron, a citizen or" the United States, residinoat St. Paul, in the county ot Ramse i and otate oic Minnesota, have invented al ,new yand useful Improvement in Ticket Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket or check holders, which slidably engage pads oi" checks under spring tension to hold 'them in smooth positions ready for use. All ot' the checks are similar and are secured together hy a. suit-able staple or other means on one end, while the check holder, which is slidably secured to the series or pad of checks, engages over the tree ends of the same, befing freely movable into various positions so as to seflv a cutting knife in position to sever one of the checks to indicate the amount ot :1 sale.

The invention 'further provides two cutting knives, one of Which is for the purpose of severing the cheek from the stuh portierl at the desired amount indicated on the check i face and the other knife being `for the purpose of .cutting or punching the cheer to indicate a second amount at a different position on the check. ln issuing sales checks, at the present time, itis desirable to indicate the sale amount et .certain goods, together with a1 tax or percentage, While it is also desirable to indicate von the. same check a non-'taxable sale amount. rllhis holder and cutter is for the purpose of severing and cutting or punching each'of the checks so as to indicate such amounts, thus readily issuing a check for a sale amount, including a tax, and also indicating a non-taxable sale amount so that the customer can see, at a glance, what he must pay and which portion of his purchase is taxable or non-taxable.

In the drawing forming part of the specilcaition:

Figure 1 is a perspective view oi the holder, as it Would appearin use in issuing a check.

Figure 2 is a perspective view olif a pad of checks, a portion ot the holder being removed therefrom.

Figure 3 is a kplan vieu of one oi' the checks, as it would appear Whe-nissued ior a certain amount. w

Figure l is a perspective view of a detail portion of the holder.

ln the drawing the pad oit checks, A,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 18, 1922..

i919. serial no. 305,917.

which is composed or' a series of leaves 2 that are held bound rtogether h v a staple 3 on one end, are held by the holder B and the slidable clamp C. Each ot the leaves or checks 2 has printed on its tace, amounts. which are for the purpose ot indicating,- the amount oi a sale. L

The column of iigures e, which is positioned centrally in the checks oil tue pad A, indicates sales amounts, which are taxable, the tar; amount being indicated in the .column 5 on either side oi" the column l and the total amount to be paid, including the tax on taxable sale, being indicated inthe column 6. These checks' in the pad A, halve a nontaxable series of figures, as indicated by the columns or rows of figures 7, positioned on either side ot the upper end the checks 2. All of the checks are similar in the pad A, except that they are numbered in .consecutive order so as to indicate the number or checks ina pad.

The slidable clamp C is provided with `spring` arms 8 on either side ot the same.` which hold the back 9 against the bottom` of the pad A or against the back of the holder B and hold the transversely extending cutting' knife 10 vfirmly against the tace ot the checks in the pad lso that the forward edge 11 ci the same can be positioned below the sale amount indicated in the column l and the check severed at this point by the edge 11 ot' the knife 10 to issue a check for the desired amount of the sale such as is indicated by the check in Figure 3, which is for ay taxable. sale amount oi forty cents.. The clamp and cutter C is freely slidahle over thepad and also tends to hold the tree ends of the leaves ot the Ysame smoothly together so that the cutting knife 10 can be 'moved intothe vdesired position freely. An auxiliary cutter or tearing knife 12 is pivoted at 13 to the upper tace of the cutter 10 at one side of the same and is Jformed With a pointed cutting end 14. The cutting knife 12 is normally held out of operating position against the upper face of the cutter 10 by the detent 157 which engages a transversely extending rod 16 to which4 the cutter 10 is pivoted. rlhe rod 16 is formed integral with the ends of one 'ot' the side spring arms 8 and holds the' cutter l10 in position to extend transversely across the suriace'ol: the pad A. The space between the upper surface of the blade 10 and the rod 16 is only slightly greater than the thickness of the cutter 12 llO and thus causes the detcnt 15, which projects upward from the cutter 12, to engage the rod 1G with suiiicient friction to hold theI cutter 12 in inoperative position back away from the cutting edge 11 oi the knife 10 so as not te interfere with the operation oi' the same.

A suitable tang or enga-ging tongue 17 is formed integral with the cutter 12 and projects upward so that it can be freely engaged to draw the cutter into the position illustrated in Figure 1, turning it on its pivot point 13 and disengaging the detent 15 from the rod 16. The detent 15 and the upwardly projecting engaging tang 17 predicate the amount of a sale, say for seventy cents,'the taxable portion of the sale being forty cents and the non-taxable portion thirty cents, each ot these amounts being indicated separately on the same check and also a tax or percentage amount of the taxable sale, or forty cents, so las to indicate a four cent tax; thus the entire amount to be paid would be seventy-tour cents, but either the purchaser or proprietor can see at a glance how much of the sale was taxable and how much was not taxable.

It is obvious that the holder and cutting means may be used for various purposes and not confined to the use for tickets to indicate two separate sales amounts, but

that the cutter 10 can be used for severing the check or ticket from the stub and at the same time indicate an amount or iigure and the cutter 12 used to cut or notch the ticket for anyV desired purpose. For instance, the cutter 10 could sever the check and indicate dollars and the auxiliary cutter 12 notch the check to indicate the cents of a sale amount, in this manner issuing a check for dollars and cents of practically any denomination, within a reasonable scope. This holder and check or ticket cutter isv convenient for quick use, being simple in Yoperation and eliminating any extra punching means for the tickets, the slidable cutter holding the free ends of the tickets together and in readiness for operation at any time, while the auxiliary cutter can be quickly brought into operation or moved into inoperative position, il

The holder BV 's for the purpose of holding the pad A and particularly for engaging the stub 21 oi the issued checks and to hold and contain the same under the spring depressed pivoted tongue 22Vso as to hold the stubs of the tickets that have been issued away from the tace of the unissued tickets, to allovt7 the clamp C to lbe moved back and forth into the desired position for operation. The holder B is provided with a back portion 23, which extends along the bottom oi"l the pad A and is formed with a. forward upwardly projecting stop 24, which engages against the free ends of the tickets of the pad A to hold Athe pad in position in the holder B.

The clamp C engages over the back 23 with its cutting blade 10 held against the face of the pad of tickets or checks in the pad A under spring tension of the spring arms 8. It is obvious that the clamp C can be used to hold the pad A without the use of the holder B, it it is so desired, and when used in this manner the clamp C would be preferably formed with an engaging end or tongue 25, which can be engagedA by a suitable hook or chain to hold it to the belt oi the operator or otherwise engaged to hold the pad, but it is'not necessary that the clamp C be formed with the tongue 25 and when usedV in connection with the holder B it does not require the same but theclamp C yobviously can be used to` old the pad of tickets or checks and also form a slidable cutter,

-which is free to be'moved Vtothe desired position on the. pad. y

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principlesof operation of my invention, together withV the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the in vention can be carriedV out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims:

1. In a device ofthe class described for attachment to apad of checks, a cutting blade for extending across the face ci said pad and an auxiliary cutter pivoted to said blade having a cuttingedge ffor severing a portion of the checks in said pad.

2. A clamp vfor slidably engaging av pad Y of tickets, a transversely extending cutting blade adapted to engage `the .uppermost ticket of said pad, spring means for holding said blade in engagement with thev tickets cutting blade adapted to sever'said tickets Y to indicate a salel amount and an auxiliary images gg cutter pivoted to said blade having a severing end which is adapted to sever a portion of the ticket to form an indicating means.

4. A ticket cutter comprising a spring clamp having a cutting blade ttor severing the tickets and an auxiliary cutter pivoted on one end to said blade so as to swing in a horizontal parallel plane with said cutting blade into operating position to form an indicating cut in the issued ticket.

5. A cutting device for a series of bound together checks having amounts printed thereon, comprising a spring clamp having a cutting blade, Which is `freely slidable over the face of said checks so as to sever said checks to indicate an amount and a second cutter normally held extending longitudinally of said cutting blade and pivoted thereto so as to swing at an angle to the same into operating position, said second cutter being adapted tosever the check after it has been cut by said first cutter to form an indicating notch in the check being issued to indicate a desired amount and means for holding said auxiliary cutter out of operating position on said blade.

6. A slidable cutter for a holder which is adapted to hold a series of tickets, said slidable cutter being adapted to sever the tickets, an auxiliary cutter pivoted to said slidable cutter and means for holding said auxiliary cutter out of operating position and extending longitudinally of said slidable cutter, whereby said slidable cutter can be operated independent oli said auxiliary cutter Without said auxiliary cutter interfering With the operation of said slidable cutter and said auxiliary cutter can be operated independent of said slidable cutter to form an indicating means in checks issued from said pad.

7. For a ticket holder a slidable spring clamp having a cutting blade pivotally secured to said clamp and held under'spring tension against the face of the tickets oii' said pad in position to sever the tickets in said pad, an auxiliary cutter pivoted to the cutting blade, a cutting point formed on said auxiliary cutter adapted to cut an indicating notch out oi the edge of said tickets in issuing the same and operable independent of said blade and rictional engaging means for holding said auxiliary cutter out of operating position to said blade.

8. A ticket cutter for slidably engaging a pad of tickets, including a cutting blade adapted to engage the 'face of said tickets, spring means for holding said blade in engagement with said tickets, an auxiliary cutter pivoted to the face of said cutting blade and means for holding said auxiliary blade against free movement.

9. ln a device of the class described having a cutting blade Which is adapted to be slidably held under spring tension to a pad of checks and an auxiliary cutter pivoted to the face of said blade and adapted to operate independent of said blade to form an indicating means in a check for the purposes l0. A slidable cutting means including a spring depressed cutting blade for a pad of tickets, said cutting blade being adapted to sever said tickets transversely across their face, an auxiliary cutting means pivoted to the face of said cutting blade having a cutting point for cutting an indicating notch out oi the edge of the tickets, an arm extending across said cutting blade for pivotally holding said blade in position and a detent formed in said auxiliary cutting means for engaging said arm to hold said auxiliary cutting means out of operating position to said cutting blade.

CHARLES T. RASCHCK. 

